Reports & Publications

Only open access journals are listed:

Body Image

Boyington JE, Johnson AA, Carter-Edwards L.
Dissatisfaction among low-income, postpartum African American women.
Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN) 2007 Mar-Apr; 36(2):144-51.
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Gilliland MJ, Windle M, Grunbaum JA, Yancey A, Hoelscher D, Tortolero SR, Schuster MA.
Body image and children's mental health related behaviors: results from the healthy passages study.
J Pediatr Psychol. 2007 Jan-Feb;32(1):30-41. Epub 2006 Jun 14.
PMID: 16775084 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Cancer Epidemiology

Brewster K, Wileyto EP, Kessler L, Collier A, Weathers B, Stopfer JE, Domchek S, Halbert CH.
Sociocultural predictors of breast cancer risk perceptions in African American breast cancer survivors.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Feb;16(2):244-8.
PMID: 17301256 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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McCarthy WJ, Yancey AK, Harrison GG, Leslie J, Siegel JM.
Fighting cancer with fitness: dietary outcomes of a randomized, controlled lifestyle change intervention in healthy African-American women.
Prev Med. 2007 Mar;44(3):246-53. Epub 2006 Dec 6.
PMID: 17156835 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Community Based Intervention Research & Design

Ammerman AS, Ward DS, Benjamin SE, Ball SC, Sommers JK, Molloy M, Dodds JM.
An intervention to promote healthy weight: Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (NAP SACC) theory and design.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2007 Jul;4(3):A67. Epub 2007 Jun 15.
PMID: 17572971 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Beach MC, Gary TL, Price EG, Robinson K, Gozu A, Palacio A, Smarth C, Jenckes M, Feuerstein C, Bass EB, Powe NR, Cooper LA.
Improving health care quality for racial/ethnic minorities: a systematic review of the best evidence regarding provider and organization interventions.
BMC Public Health. 2006 Apr 24;6:104. Review.
PMID: 16635262 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Benjamin SE, Neelon B, Ball SC, Bangdiwala SI, Ammerman AS, Ward DS.
Reliability and validity of a nutrition and physical activity environmental self-assessment for child care.
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2007 Jul 5;4:29.
PMID: 17615078 [PubMed]
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Casagrande SS, Gary TL, Laveist TA, Gaskin DJ, Cooper LA.
Perceived discrimination and adherence to medical care in a racially integrated community.
J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Mar;22(3):389-95.
PMID: 17356974 [PubMed - in process]
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Ford JG, Howerton MW, Bolen S, Gary TL, Lai GY, Tilburt J, Gibbons MC, Baffi C, Wilson RF, Feuerstein CJ, Tanpitukpongse P, Powe NR, Bass EB.
Knowledge and access to information on recruitment of underrepresented populations to cancer clinical trials.
Evid Rep Technol Assess (Summ). 2005 Jun;(122):1-11. Review. No abstract available.
PMID: 15989377 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Kieffer EC, Willis SK, Odoms-Young AM, Guzman JR, Allen AJ, Two Feathers J, Loveluck J.
Reducing disparities in diabetes among African-American and Latino residents of Detroit: the essential role of community planning focus groups.
Ethn Dis. 2004 Summer;14(3 Suppl 1):S27-37.
PMID: 15682769 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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McNeill LH, Viswanath K, Bennett GG, Puleo E, Emmons KM.
Feasibility of using a web-based nutrition intervention among residents of multiethnic working-class neighborhoods.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2007 Jul;4(3):A55. Epub 2007 Jun 15.
PMID: 17572959 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Montgomery S, Herring P, Yancey A, Beeson L, Butler T, Knutsen S, Sabate J, Chan J, Preston-Martin S, Fraser G.
Comparing self-reported disease outcomes, diet, and lifestyles in a national cohort of black and white Seventh-day Adventists.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2007 Jul;4(3):A62. Epub 2007 Jun 15. Erratum in: Prev Chronic
Dis. 2008 Jan;5(1):A29.
PMID: 17572966 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Stoddard AM, Krieger N, Barbeau EM, Bennett GG, Fay ME, Sorensen G, Emmons K.
Methods and baseline characteristics of two group-randomized trials with multiracial and multiethnic working-class samples.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2005 Oct;2(4):A10. Epub 2005 Sep 15.
PMID: 16164814 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Wang Y, Tussing L, Odoms-Young A, Braunschweig C, Flay B, Hedeker D, Hellison D.
Obesity prevention in low socioeconomic status urban African-american adolescents: study design and preliminary findings of the HEALTH-KIDS Study.
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2006 Jan;60(1):92-103.
PMID: 16118646 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Yancey AK, Kumanyika SK, Ponce NA, McCarthy WJ, Fielding JE, Leslie JP, Akbar J.
Population-based interventions engaging communities of color in healthy eating and active living: a review.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2004 Jan;1(1):A09. Epub 2003 Dec 15. Review.
PMID: 15634371 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Cultural Identity and Ethnicity

Ard JD, Durant RW, Edwards LC, Svetkey LP.
Perceptions of African-American culture and implications for clinical trial design.
Ethn Dis. 2005 Spring;15(2):292-9.
PMID: 15825976 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Bennett GG, Wolin KY, James SA.
Lifecourse socioeconomic position and weight change among blacks: The Pitt County study.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007 Jan;15(1):172-81.
PMID: 17228045 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Casagrande SS, Gary TL, LaVeist TA, Gaskin DJ, Cooper LA.
Perceived discrimination and adherence to medical care in a racially integrated community.
J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Mar;22(3):389-95.
PMID: 17356974 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Kumanyika SK, Whitt-Glover MC, Gary TL, Prewitt TE, Odoms-Young AM, Banks-Wallace J, et al.
Expanding the obesity research paradigm to reach African American communities.
Prev Chronic Dis 2007;4(4).
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Diabetes, Cardiovascular Health & Hypertension

Appel LJ, Brands MW, Daniels SR, Karanja N, Elmer PJ, Sacks FM; American Heart Association.
Dietary approaches to prevent and treat hypertension: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.
Hypertension. 2006 Feb;47(2):296-308.
PMID: 16434724 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Cook NR, Cutler JA, Obarzanek E, Buring JE, Rexrode KM, Kumanyika SK, Appel LJ, Whelton PK.
Long term effects of dietary sodium reduction on cardiovascular disease outcomes: observational follow-up of the trials of hypertension prevention (TOHP).
BMJ. 2007 Apr 28;334(7599):885. Epub 2007 Apr 20.
PMID: 17449506 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Karter AJ, Stevens MR, Brown AF, Duru OK, Gregg EW, Gary TL, Beckles GL, Tseng CW, Marrero DG, Waitzfelder B, Herman WH, Piette JD, Safford MM, Ettner SL.
Educational disparities in health behaviors among patients with diabetes: The Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) Study.
BMC Public Health. 2007 Oct 29;7(1):308 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17967177 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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Obarzanek E, Sacks FM, Vollmer WM, Bray GA, Miller ER 3rd, Lin PH, Karanja NM, Most-Windhauser MM, Moore TJ, Swain JF, Bales CW, Proschan MA; DASH Research Group.
Effects on blood lipids of a blood pressure-lowering diet: the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Trial.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2001 Jul;74(1):80-9.
PMID: 11451721 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Okosun IS, Chandra KM, Choi S, Christman J, Dever GE, Prewitt TE.
Hypertension and type 2 diabetes comorbidity in adults in the United States: risk of overall and regional adiposity.
Obes Res. 2001 Jan;9(1):1-9.
PMID: 11346661 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Samuel-Hodge CD, Keyserling TC, France R, Ingram AF, Johnston LF, Pullen Davis L, Davis G, Cole AS.
A church-based diabetes self-management education program for African Americans with type 2 diabetes.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2006 Jul;3(3):A93. Epub 2006 Jun 15.
PMID: 16776894 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Schulz AJ, Zenk S, Odoms-Young A, Hollis-Neely T, Nwankwo R, Lockett M, Ridella W, Kannan S.
Healthy eating and exercising to reduce diabetes: exploring the potential of social determinants of health frameworks within the context of community-based participatory diabetes prevention.
Am J Public Health. 2005 Apr;95(4):645-51.
PMID: 15798125 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Smith SC Jr, Clark LT, Cooper RS, Daniels SR, Kumanyika SK, Ofili E, Quinones MA, Sanchez EJ, Saunders E, Tiukinhoy SD; American Heart Association Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Hypertension Writing Group.
Discovering the full spectrum of cardiovascular disease: Minority Health Summit 2003: report of the Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Hypertension Writing Group.
Circulation. 2005 Mar 15;111(10):e134-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 15769755 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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St Jeor ST, Howard BV, Prewitt TE, Bovee V, Bazzarre T, Eckel RH; Nutrition Committee of the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism of the American Heart Association.
Dietary protein and weight reduction: a statement for healthcare professionals from the Nutrition Committee of the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism of the American Heart Association.
Circulation. 2001 Oct 9;104(15):1869-74.
PMID: 11591629 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Vollmer WM, Sacks FM, Ard J, Appel LJ, Bray GA, Simons-Morton DG, Conlin PR, Svetkey LP, Erlinger TP, Moore TJ, Karanja N; DASH-Sodium Trial Collaborative Research Group.
Effects of diet and sodium intake on blood pressure: subgroup analysis of the DASH-sodium trial.
Ann Intern Med. 2001 Dec 18;135(12):1019-28.
PMID: 11747380 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Marketing

Grier SA, Mensinger J, Huang SH, Kumanyika SK, Stettler N.
Fast-Food Marketing and Children's Fast-Food Consumption: Exploring Parents' Influences in an Ethnically Diverse Sample
Journal of Public Policy & Marketing Vol. 26 (2) Fall 2007, 221–235
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Kumanyika S, Grier S.
Targeting interventions for ethnic minority and low-income populations.
Future Child. 2006 Spring;16(1):187-207.
PMID: 16532664 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Yancey AK, Kumanyika SK, Ponce NA, McCarthy WJ, Fielding JE, Leslie JP, Akbar J.
Population-based interventions engaging communities of color in healthy eating and active living: a review.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2004 Jan;1(1):A09. Epub 2003 Dec 15. Review.
PMID: 15634371 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Nutrition

Ard JD, Fitzpatrick S, Desmond RA, Sutton BS, Pisu M, Allison DB, Franklin F, Baskin ML.
The impact of cost on the availability of fruits and vegetables in the homes of schoolchildren in Birmingham, Alabama.
Am J Public Health. 2007 Feb;97(2):367-72. Epub 2006 Nov 30.
PMID: 17138914 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Casagrande SS, Wang Y, Anderson C, Gary TL.
Have Americans increased their fruit and vegetable intake? The trends between 1988 and 2002.
Am J Prev Med. 2007 Apr;32(4):257-63.
PMID: 17383556 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Elmer PJ, Obarzanek E, Vollmer WM, Simons-Morton D, Stevens VJ, Young DR, Lin PH, Champagne C, Harsha DW, Svetkey LP, Ard J, Brantley PJ, Proschan MA, Erlinger TP, Appel LJ; PREMIER Collaborative Research Group.
Effects of comprehensive lifestyle modification on diet, weight, physical fitness, and blood pressure control: 18-month results of a randomized trial.
Ann Intern Med. 2006 Apr 4;144(7):485-95. Summary for patients in: Ann Intern Med. 2006 Apr 4;144(7):I27.
PMID: 16585662 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Gaskins ND, Sloane PD, Mitchell CM, Ammerman A, Ickes SB, Williams CS.
Poor nutritional habits: a modifiable predecessor of chronic illness? A North Carolina Family Medicine Research Network (NC-FM-RN) study.
J Am Board Fam Med. 2007 Mar-Apr;20(2):124-34.
PMID: 17341748 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Lancaster KJ, Watts SO, Dixon LB.
Dietary intake and risk of coronary heart disease differ among ethnic subgroups of black Americans.
J Nutr. 2006 Feb;136(2):446-51.
PMID: 16424126 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Lin PH, Proschan MA, Bray GA, Fernandez CP, Hoben K, Most-Windhauser M, Karanja N, Obarzanek E; DASH Collaborative Research Group.
Estimation of energy requirements in a controlled feeding trial.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Mar;77(3):639-45.
PMID: 12600854 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Lyles TE 3rd, Desmond R, Faulk LE, Henson S, Hubbert K, Heimburger DC, Ard JD.
Diet variety based on macronutrient intake and its relationship with body mass index.
MedGenMed. 2006 Aug 16;8(3):39.
PMID: 17406172 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Pierce JP, Natarajan L, Caan BJ, Parker BA, Greenberg ER, Flatt SW, Rock CL, Kealey S, Al-Delaimy WK, Bardwell WA, Carlson RW, Emond JA, Faerber S, Gold EB, Hajek RA, Hollenbach K, Jones LA, Karanja N, Madlensky L, Marshall J, Newman VA, Ritenbaugh C, Thomson CA, Wasserman L, Stefanick ML.
Influence of a diet very high in vegetables, fruit, and fiber and low in fat on prognosis following treatment for breast cancer: the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) randomized trial.
JAMA. 2007 Jul 18;298(3):289-98.
PMID: 17635889 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Vollmer WM, Sacks FM, Ard J, Appel LJ, Bray GA, Simons-Morton DG, Conlin PR, Svetkey LP, Erlinger TP, Moore TJ, Karanja N; DASH-Sodium Trial Collaborative Research Group.
Effects of diet and sodium intake on blood pressure: subgroup analysis of the DASH-sodium trial.
Ann Intern Med. 2001 Dec 18;135(12):1019-28.
PMID: 11747380 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Hollis-Neely T, Campbell RT, Holmes N, Watkins G, Nwankwo R, Odoms-Young A.
Fruit and vegetable intake in African Americans income and store characteristics.
Am J Prev Med. 2005 Jul;29(1):1-9.
PMID: 15958245 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Obesity

Baskin ML, Ard J, Franklin F, Allison DB.
Prevalence of obesity in the United States.
Obes Rev. 2005 Feb;6(1):5-7. Review.
PMID: 15655032 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Bennett GG, Wolin KY.
Satisfied or unaware? Racial differences in perceived weight status.
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2006 Nov 12;3:40.
PMID: 17096859 [PubMed - in process]
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Hope AA, Kumanyika SK, Whitt MC, Shults J.
Obesity-related comorbidities in obese African Americans in an outpatient weight loss program.
Obes Res. 2005 Apr;13(4):772-9.
PMID: 15897487 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Jones LR, Wadden TA.
State of the science: behavioural treatment of obesity.
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2006;15 Suppl:30-9. Review.
PMID: 16928659 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Kumanyika S.
Obesity, health disparities, and prevention paradigms: hard questions and hard choices.
Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] 2005 Oct [date cited].
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Kumanyika SK, Whitt-Glover MC, Gary TL, Prewitt TE, Odoms-Young AM, Banks-Wallace J, et al.
Expanding the obesity research paradigm to reach African American communities.
Prev Chronic Dis 2007;4(4).
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Kumanyika SK, Gary TL, Lancaster KJ, Samuel-Hodge CD, Banks-Wallace J, Beech BM, Hughes-Halbert C, Karanja N, Odoms-Young AM, Prewitt TE, Whitt-Glover MC.
Achieving healthy weight in African-American communities: research perspectives and priorities.
Obes Res. 2005 Dec;13(12):2037-47. PMID: 16421334 [PubMed - in process]
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Lucas JW, Barr-Anderson DJ, Kington RS
Health status, health insurance, and health care utilization patterns of immigrant Black men.
Am J Public Health. 2003 Oct;93(10):1740-7.
PMID: 14534231 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Obesity in Children

Beech BM, Kumanyika SK, Baranowski T, Davis M, Robinson TN, Sherwood NE, Taylor WC, Relyea G, Zhou A, Pratt C, Owens A, Thompson NS.
Parental cultural perspectives in relation to weight-related behaviors and concerns of African-American girls.
Obes Res. 2004 Sep;12 Suppl:7S-19S.
PMID: 15489463 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Daniels SR, Arnett DK, Eckel RH, Gidding SS, Hayman LL, Kumanyika S, Robinson TN, Scott BJ, St Jeor S, Williams CL.
Overweight in children and adolescents: pathophysiology, consequences, prevention, and treatment.
Circulation. 2005 Apr 19;111(15):1999-2012. Review.
PMID: 15837955 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Flower KB, Perrin EM, Viadro CI, Ammerman AS.
Using body mass index to identify overweight children: barriers and facilitators in primary care.
Ambul Pediatr. 2007 Jan-Feb;7(1):38-44.
PMID: 17261481 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Kitzmann KM, Beech BM.
Family-based interventions for pediatric obesity: methodological and conceptual challenges from family psychology.
J Fam Psychol. 2006 Jun;20(2):175-89. Review.
PMID: 16756393 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Kumanyika SK, Lancaster KJ.
The challenge of feeding children to protect against overweight.
J Pediatr (Rio J). 2008 Jan-Feb;84(1):3-6. No abstract available.
PMID: 18264619 [PubMed - in process]
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Kumanyika SK, Lancaster KJ.
The challenge of feeding children to protect against overweight.
Jornal de Pediatria; January/February 2008; SSN 1678-4782: Volume 84:1
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Matheson DM, Wang Y, Klesges LM, Beech BM, Kraemer HC, Robinson TN.
African-American girls' dietary intake while watching television.
Obes Res. 2004 Sep;12 Suppl:32S-37S.
PMID: 15489465 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Miech RA, Kumanyika SK, Stettler N, Link BG, Phelan JC, Chang VW.
Trends in the association of poverty with overweight among US adolescents, 1971-2004.
JAMA. 2006 May 24;295(20):2385-93.
PMID: 16720824 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Stettler N, Elliott MR, Kallan MJ, Auerbach SB, Kumanyika SK.
High prevalence of overweight among pediatric users of community health centers.
Pediatrics. 2005 Sep;116(3):e381-8. Erratum in: Pediatrics. 2005 Nov;116(5):1266.
PMID: 16140682 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Swanson DP, Spencer MB, Dell'Angelo T, Harpalani V, Spencer TR.
Identity processes and the positive youth development of African Americans: an explanatory framework.
New Dir Youth Dev. 2002 Fall;(95):73-99. Review.
PMID: 12448287 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Physical Activity

Bennett GG, McNeill LH, Wolin KY, Duncan DT, Puleo E, Emmons KM.
Safe to walk. Neighborhood safety and physical activity among public housing residents.
PLoS Med. 2007 Oct;4(10):1599-606; discussion 1607.
PMID: 17958465 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Elder JP, Lytle L, Sallis JF, Young DR, Steckler A, Simons-Morton D, Stone E, Jobe JB, Stevens J, Lohman T, Webber L, Pate R, Saksvig BI, Ribisl K.
A description of the social-ecological framework used in the trial of activity for adolescent girls (TAAG).
Health Educ Res. 2007 Apr;22(2):155-65. Epub 2006 Jul 19.
PMID: 16855014 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Jilcott SB, Evenson KR, Laraia BA, Ammerman AS.
Association between physical activity and proximity to physical activity resources among low-income, midlife women.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2007 Jan;4(1):A04. Epub 2006 Dec 15.
PMID: 17173712 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Kaphingst KA, Bennett GG, Sorensen G, Kaphingst KM, O'Neil AE, McInnis K.
Body mass index, physical activity, and dietary behaviors among members of an urban community fitness center: a questionnaire survey.
BMC Public Health. 2007 Jul 26;7:181.
PMID: 17655750 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Lara A, Yancey AK, Tapia-Conye R, Flores Y, Kuri-Morales P, Mistry R, Subirats E, McCarthy WJ.
Pausa para tu Salud: reduction of weight and waistlines by integrating exercise breaks into workplace organizational routine.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 Jan;5(1):A12. Epub 2007 Dec 15.
PMID: 18082001 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE
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Taylor WC, Floyd MF, Whitt-Glover MC, Brooks J.
Environmental justice: a framework for collaboration between the public health and parks and recreation fields to study disparities in physical activity.
J Phys Act Health. 2007;4 Suppl 1:S50-63.
PMID: 17672223 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Tudor-Locke C, Basset DR Jr, Rutherford WJ, Ainsworth BE, Chan CB, Croteau K, Giles-Cori B, LeMasurier G, Moreau K, Mrozek J, Oppert J-M, Raustorp A, Strath SJ, Thompson D, Whitt-Glover MC, Wilde B, Wojcik JR.
BMI-referenced cut points for pedometer-determined steps per day in adults.
Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2008, 5(Suppl. 1): S126 – S139.
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Tudor-Locke C, Ainsworth BE, Whitt MC, Thompson RW, Addy CL, Jones DA.
The relationship between pedometer-determined ambulatory activity and body composition variables.
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2001 Nov;25(11):1571-8.
PMID: 11753573 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Whitt-Glover MC, Taylor WC, Heath GW, Macera CA.
Self-reported physical activity among blacks: estimates from national surveys.
Am J Prev Med. 2007 Nov;33(5):412-7.
PMID: 17950407 [PubMed - in process]
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Whitt-Glover MC, Hogan PE, Lang W, Heil DP.
Pilot study of a faith-based physical activity program among sedentary blacks.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 Apr;5(2):A51. Epub 2008 Mar 15.
PMID: 18341786 [PubMed - in process]
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